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Customer Service Training: When you’re done… you’re not done!

ShepHyken

They are nice, even knowledgeable, but they don’t seem to be what I call customer focused. So, I took a few minutes to talk to several people about how they were trained. I talked to a retail salesperson, a flight attendant, and a server at a restaurant. The retail salesperson was sharp. She was amazing.

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Customer Service Training: Empowering A Service Mindset

Integrity Solutions

In the past, customer service centers were viewed as cost centers or expenses. Today, the organizations that are delivering a superior customer experience are proving just how outdated that perspective is. But great customer experiences don’t just happen.

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Top 5 Customer Service & CX Articles for Week of November 18, 2024

ShepHyken

Chewy CEO Sumit Singh explains that a “moat” of human-led customer service was built around the Chewy brand so that it can compete in the evolving marketplace. My Comment: Let’s kick off this week’s Top Five roundup with a Fast Company interview with Sumit Singh, the CEO of one of my favorite customer-focused companies, Chewy.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles For the Week of January 25, 2021

ShepHyken

My Comment: In this article, Nate Brown introduces us to his take on something he refers to as “mission-driven CX,” which is about companies who win over their customers’ business and hearts by embodying the core values of what’s most important to them. My Comment: Here’s a great article about customer loyalty.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles For the Week of January 4, 2021

ShepHyken

The changing tide of retail CX by Carlos Zapatero. Retail Customer Experience) Carlos Zapatero, a business development executive at SYKES, explains how the events of 2020 accelerated a shift in retail customer experience to become more flexible and consistent — and may be the new standard well past the pandemic.

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There’s Very Little Loyalty When You Compete On Price

ShepHyken

It doesn’t matter if you are in retail selling to consumers, or in a business that sells to other businesses, it is virtually impossible to create customer loyalty by being the lowest price provider. The retail industry has trained consumers to think that way. Consider this. It’s all about dollars.

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5 Top Customer Service Articles of the Week 7-19-2021

ShepHyken

How Consumers Now Define a Good Customer Experience by Jack M. To maintain retail success in 2021 retailers will need to continue optimizing their digital experience. My Comment: How do our customers define a good customer experience? CRM Buyer) Despite U.S. You can’t define it for them. Follow on Twitter: @Hyken.

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